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Is a dagger stuck in an enemy's back worn or carried?
It's a general question, I don't want a specific answer for a dagger.
Is an object stabbed in a creature considered an "worn or carried" object?
Examples :
Can I use Mage Hand to retrieve a thrown dagger?
Animate object on arrows to mock the…
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As a non-smoker, how can I simulate smoking this pipe at a LARP?
I just bought a nice-looking smoking pipe for use as a character prop for LARPing. It's a working pipe and so I could use it for actually smoking tobacco in character, but I choose not to smoke, primarily for health reasons but also because (based…
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How can I, as DM, dictate the emotions and actions of the players (magically)?
(Some of) my players are trying to role play in a meta-gaming sort of way.
For instance, I had an array of weapons in a dungeon, and when they took them, they had to make a Wisdom saving throw, else they feel ridiculously guilty and take 1d4…
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How many javelins does an orc have?
The stat block for the orc (MM, 246) includes two weapon attacks; Greataxe and Javelin.
For the greataxe, it makes sense that they'd be able to use it repeatedly, and if they were to use their javelin to make melee attacks, then again, it would make…
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Is there a spell that can stop a ship?
There is a ship that needs to be stopped from sailing away without sinking it. The ship is large (2 masts), is in deep water and has a gust of wind item.
I am looking for spells up to a lvl 4 slot, including metamagic or material components costing…
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How can I discourage a player from making the same character if their current one dies?
This was inspired by this question: Should I allow players to recreate the exact same character if they die?
Whilst it was closed as too subjective (because it asks whether one should want to do this), I think there was an interesting subject matter…
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Which uses of Bonus-Action spellcasting are legal?
Looking at other questions about casting spells as a bonus action has left me trying to keep a lot of information in my head about whether a given combination of spells is legal according to the official 5th edition spellcasting rules.
So I'd like…
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Do I intuitively know if someone already used their reaction?
I’m in the middle of an epic duel with a fearsome foe. Unfortunately, he reduces me to 0 hit points and I fall unconscious right beside him. My wizard-friend tries to finish him off with a spell, but our opponent counterspells. Before my turn, my…
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What benefits do you get from the Belt of Dwarvenkind without attuning to it?
The description of the Belt of Dwarvenkind (DMG, pg. 155) says the following:
Belt of Dwarvenkind
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
While wearing this belt, you gain the following benefits:
Your Constitution score increases by 2, to a…
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Does the frightened condition provide supernatural knowledge of the location of the source of fear?
The effects of being Frightened are as follows:
A frightened creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack
rolls while the source of its fear is within line of sight.
The creature can't willingly move closer to the source of its…
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Can players declare that they are making a specific ability check?
A player in my game has a habit of making statements like:
"I make a Religion check to see if I recognize that symbol."
"I want to use my Persuasion skill to talk past the guard."
"Can I use Insight to try to..."
All of these sound wrong to me, as…
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Why aren't Halflings Hobbits?
Just curious, given how heavily from Tolkien D&D drew, and the fact that games like Wizardry used Hobbits, is there a good design reason why Gygax and company used Halflings (a term that also appears in Tolkien) vice Hobbits as the term for our…
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How can you find a balance between effective/optimised characters and creative characters?
When creating characters, I often face a dilemma between making a character. It feels like they can either be optimized so they can "pull their own weight" or having a character I think is creative and fun to play.
When I say 'pull their own…
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How can I add sound to our sessions?
I've been toying with the idea of adding sound to our typical sessions. I was thinking about throwing in some sounds for atmosphere's sake, like some of the following:
Birds chirping/water running in the wilderness
Muffled conversation or music if…
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What is the practical difference between "a Wizard PC" and "another worker of arcane magic"?
I recently paid (on DriveThruRPG) to download a zipped file of the Dungeon World rules. I had read some favorable reviews which said, in effect, that it was obviously inspired by the original D&D approach, but that the DW creators had tried hard to…
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